Security Bulletin: IBM i Access for Windows affected by vulnerabilities CVE-2015-2023 and CVE-2015-7422.

Security Bulletin

Summary

IBM i Access for Windows is affected by vulnerabilities CVE-2015-2023 and CVE-2015-7422. These vulnerabilities affect the Windows system running the IBM i Access for Windows product.

Vulnerability Details

CVEID:CVE-2015-2023DESCRIPTION: IBM i Access for Windows is vulnerable to a buffer overflow. A local attacker could overflow a buffer and execute arbitrary code on the Windows PC. CVSS Base Score: 4.4 CVSS Temporal Score: See http://xforce.iss.net/xforce/xfdb/104044 for the current score CVSS Environmental Score*: Undefined CVSS Vector: (AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)CVEID:CVE-2015-7422DESCRIPTION: IBM i Access for Windows vulnerable to a buffer overflow, caused by improper bounds checking. A local attacker could overflow a buffer and cause the program to crash. CVSS Base Score: 4 CVSS Temporal Score: See https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/107770 for the current score CVSS Environmental Score*: Undefined CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L)

Affected Products and Versions

Release 7.1 of IBM i Access for Windows is affected.

Remediation/Fixes

The issue can be fixed by obtaining and applying the Service Pack SI57907.

References

Related information

Acknowledgement

John Page (hyp3rlinx)

*The CVSS Environment Score is customer environment specific and will ultimately impact the Overall CVSS Score. Customers can evaluate the impact of this vulnerability in their environments by accessing the links in the Reference section of this Security Bulletin.

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